Real Life : I am a designer. I am a piping designer for a contractor that builds submarines for the United States NAVY. In-Game : Bounty Hunter Why : Because I just plain ol wanna be.

T'sion is my surname. I use it because it is my real middle name.

Like I said my friend. The carebears will always beg to differ.

Amen to this.

Then it sounds like GW2 is my kinda game! Just tell me where do I sign?

I guess you can just ask a professional video game critic. They are better suited to answer your question. There are tons of them on the web and I'm sure that there is probably a industry standard that they abide by. I hear that IGN is one of the more trusted sources when it comes to critiquing/rating video games.

Can we please keep this thread friendly before Bioware closes it? There is no need for personal attacks. I personally don't share the same views as everyone on this thread and there is no need to insult them as a result. If someone has a different view other than your own and you can't think of a way to respond in a constructive manner then just ignore them I'd say. This is a good disscussion we have going on here and the Bio boys are just a few minutes away from closing it. Please keep it clean folks.

I agree. It kills me when people try to factor in whether a certain game has sold a certain amount of copies or not. Just because a game can put up big box sales does not make it a quality game. Heck, Vanilla Ice sold millions of records in the 90's but it is obvious that he has few legitimate talents. Quantity does not equal quality.

Unfortunately there is some truth behind this. Most MMO gamers want and/or need a system in which the gear (not skill) will be the deciding factor in PvP. Hopefully soon the industry will start heading the other direction....the skill based direction. Guild Wars 2 and Tera Online are off to a good start imo.

The melee system was definitely more challenging than the range was but I believe it was the carebears who QQ'd for Funcom to dumb the game down and make it gear based. They simply couldn't handle losing a PvP bout with another player who was less geared than them. AoC's "melee" combat system was the most skill based and fun system that I have ever experienced.

Agreed. The "carebears" ruined the game for everyone else!

LOL, you can believe that if you want to. Too each his own.

The people I am referring to are the real PvPer's. People that actually desire skill to be associated with their PvP experience. This game doesn't offer this due to that stupid statistic called "expertise". It's the primary reason why PvP is getting boring rather quick in this game. Carebear is just a general term so please don't take it to heart. I don't know you personally so please don't take it as such. If I offended you then "my bad".

Agreed. I will be leaving this game for GW2 in just a few months. Gear based games never keep me interested.

Protip: People PvP mostly for the fun factor and most of those PvPers would be willing to do so for vanity items/mounts etc. Imo, I think all stats should be void in PvP. I think they should only apply to the PvE side of the game. Success in PvP should come down to who can better utilize the PC peripherals. I'm sure the carebears will disagree though.